Archive for July, 2011

In an attempt to prevent pirates from downloading their latest movie Singham, Reliance Entertainment came up with a rather unconventional anti-piracy strategy. The company managed to obtain a so-called John Doe order from the Indian High Court, which they are now sending to various torrent sites that could potentially link to a pirated version of the movie.Source: Torrent Sites Get “Restraining Order” From Indian ... Full story

The basis of copyright law is individuality and creativity. Yet ever increasing computing power and storage space could mean that in just a few short years, computing could throw copyright into chaos.Source: Could Quantum Computing Kill Copyright? Full story

Today, a divided appellate court upheld patents on two human genes associated with hereditary breast and ovarian cancer. The ruling partially reverses a landmark decision by a federal district court in March 2010 that concluded that human genes cannot... Full story

The administrator of a growing private BitTorrent tracker is reporting that he has been raided by the authorities. The admin of XtremeSpeeds says that he was questioned on suspicion of being involved with leading P2P release group IMAGiNE. While the investigation is underway, XtremeSpeeds will remain offline.Source: XtremeSpeeds BitTorrent Admin Busted Full story

Even if the debt ceiling is raised, hard decisions will be made about which federal programs will continue and which ones won’t.  The civil liberties consequences of those choices are not entirely predictable, but some are. We can already se... Full story

I grew up in a family that was always extremely engaged in politics. My mother ran for political office three times and from an early age instilled in me the importance of exercising our most cherished fundamental right: the right to vote. At age ... Full story

In what state are inflato-Americans not allowed to use school bathrooms? In what state is jaywalking considered more harmful that driving under the influence? In what state do they expect you to show your junk --lack thereof -- to keep your driver's li... Full story

Today, the U.S. has the highest incarceration rate of any country in the world. With over 2.3 million men and women living behind bars, our imprisonment rate is the highest it’s ever been in U.S. history. And yet, our criminal justice system... Full story

Have you ever wanted to share terabytes of data in public, or just a few gigabytes with a select group of friends? With Diglo you can, totally free. The site is a mashup between a social network, a file-hosting site and a media search engine, allowing its users to share, search and download files all in one place.Source: Diglo: Social Networking For Avid File-Sharers Full story

San Francisco - EFF filed a friend-of-the-court brief today urging a federal court to block the government's use of the federal anti-stalking law to prosecute a man for posting criticism of a public figure to Twitter. At issue is a federal law original... Full story